Georgina barnes



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G. BARNES. BOOK GOVER AND MARKER.

No. 549;'306. mama Nov. l5, 1895.

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G. BARNES.

BOOK COVER AND MARKER.

No. 549,306. Patented Nov. 5, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGINA BARNES, AOE MELBOURNE, VICTORIA.

BooK CovER'AND MARKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,306, dated November5, 1895.

Application filedAugust 9, 1895. Serial No. 558,75 '7. (No model.)Patented in New South Wales March 27, 1894, No. 493,720.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGINA BARNES, a married woman, a British subject,and a resident of No. 25 Albert Road, Albert Park, near Melbourne, inthe Colony of Victoria, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovedRemovable Combined Book Cover and Marker, (for which I haveobtained a patent in and for the Colony of New South Wales, bearing dateMarch 27,1894,No. 493,720) of which the following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are to provide a readily-adjustable bookcover and marker combined, to be adjusted on and used on any book ofsuitable size when the book is being read, used, or handled, s o as tolessen the wear and tear and frictional damage consequent on thehandling of the book.

The said invention is also applicable as a cover for postal packets.

My said cover and marker consists of four ilat pieces of cardboard orother suitable material, laced together or otherwise attached by bandsof elastic or other flexible material, a piece of thin cloth or othersuitable material being provided, attached to the edge of one or otherof the inner flat pieces, so as to cover and protect the back of thebook when connected thereto, as hereinafter described, one or other ofthe end pieces serving when so applied as a book-mark.

That my said invention may be more readily understood I shall now moreparticularly and in detail describe same with reference to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is an elevation of the outer side of the device distended. Fig.2 is a view of of the opposite side. Figs. 3 and 4L are elevations ofthe opposite sides of a modified,

form of cover and marker. Figs. 5 and 6 show a book with the inventionapplied thereto.

- Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the marker comprises two cover portions BC, adapted to lie against the sides of the book, and smaller leaves orportions A D, adapted to serve as markers by being folded between theleaves of the book. These sections or leaves are separated from eachother slightly, the distance between the sections B C being sufficientto accommodate the back of the book, while the space between B or C andits adjacent section A or D is sufficient to allow these sections to beturned into position between the leaves of the book. The sections areconnected by bands d, of elastic material, eX- tending across the spacebetween the sections and secured at points x by pins, staples, or glue.

A piece of cloth F or other eXible material is attached to either thesection B or the section C, and it extends over the space between thetwo sections, so as to cover the bookback. The free edge of this clothwill simply lie between the book and the section C or B, as the casemight be. Elastic straps e on the sections B and C are adapted to passover the sides of the book-back and hold the sections B and C thereto.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the'sections are the same; but the straps d, instead ofbeing pinned to the sections, pass through the eyes or openings xthereof and are secured at their ends to the outer sections.

l. Abook cover and marker comprising the sections A, B, C, D, arrangedwith a space between them, the elastic bands rl connecting the sectionsand the cross bands cof elastic material on the sections B and C,substantially as described.

2. A book cover comprising the sections A, B, C, D, arranged with aspace between them, the elastic bands d connecting the sections and theflexible piece F secured to one of the sections and extending across thespace between the sections B and C.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGINA BARNES.

Witnesses:

JONATHAN BEAR, JAMES HINGsToN.

